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PCI Webinar on Energy Accounting System
June 27, 2014
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Webinar Agenda
Introductiono Overview on PCI GSMS Suiteo Capabilities of PCI Energy
Accounting System
Demo of PCI Energy Accounting System
Benefits of PCI Energy Accounting
System
Q&A and Next Steps
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PCI Overview
PCI is an established vendor in portfolio optimization, energy accounting, transmission scheduling, bid management, bidding analytics, LMP forecasting, P&L evaluation, shadow settlement, post-analysis, and gas management
Deploy PCI GSMS Suite to Automate Bid-to-Bill Workflow for over 60 Market Participants in 9 ISO Markets (PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, IESO, and AESO)
PCI software is currently used to Manage around 50 % of the US capacity
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Transactional Database, Workflow Management, Communication, Permissions, Auditing, Web Browser Interface, APIs
Platform
Markets: ALL
Front Office
AESOCAISOERCOT
IESOMISOISONENYISOPJMSPP
ISO Communication, Bid/Offer Management, Bid Evaluation, Price Forecasting
AESOCAISOERCOT
IESOMISOISONENYISOPJMSPP
Trading
Markets: ALL
Deal Capture, E-Tag, Deal Analyst, ICE Interface, Gas Management, Contract Settlement, RT Pricing
Asset Operations
Markets: ALL
Outage Management, Journal, Plant Interface, GADS, Energy (QF) Scheduling, Gas Pipeline Scheduling
Post Analysis
Markets: ALL
Operational Performance Metrics
Optimization
Markets: ALL
ST, LT, Risk
P&LAnalyzerSettlementAnalyzer
PositionAnalyzer
CustomAnalyzerCustomAnalyzerCustomAnalyzer
CustomAnalyzer
CustomAnalyzerCustomAnalyzerPCI Data Warehouse
Back Office
ISO Shadow Settlement, Allocations, Pre-Settlements, Reporting, Energy Accounting
PCI Generation Supply Management Suite
PCI GenPortalPCI GenManager
PCI GenTrader
PCI DealManagement
PCI AssetOperations
PCI PostAnalysis
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PCI GSMS Suite for Market Participants
PCI GenManager Bid Formulator ISO Communication Meter Management Shadow Settlement Pre-Settlement Data Export Utility LMP Manager Bid Evaluator Wind Module
PCI BI & DW Tools Data Warehouse P&L Analyzer Settlement Analyzer
PCI GenPortal PCI Deal Management & Etagging PCI Outage Management PCI Energy Accounting PCI Gas Management
PCI GenTrader Unit Commitment Production Costing
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PCI Software Users
PCI Suite is currently used to manage around 50% of the US Generation Capacity.
MISO (80%), SPP (85%), PJM (40%), ERCOT (80%), CAISO (90%), NYISO (10%), ISO-NE (10%)
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PCI Energy Accounting Solution
The PCI Energy Accounting (EA) System is designed to:Track, calculate and verify meter dataValidate actual energy flows and perform Real-Time check-outs with counterparties.
Manage:Meter data for generators Meter data for loadsDynamic SchedulesScheduled flows in and out of the areaInadvertent EnergyLosses
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Meter DataManagement
PCI EA can support multiple meter data sources. PCI supports multiple data channels for meters so primary, backup, and alternate sources can be tracked and compared
Meter attributes can be easily configured in the PCI system. Meter data can be imported or calculated such as area loads
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Validate Interchange Schedules
PCI Energy Accounting System can be used to review and checkout schedules with counterparties.
You can use meter data and interchange schedules stored in PCI EA to calculate loads, net scheduled & actual interchanges.
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PCI Energy AccountingSupports Custom Calculations
PCI supports custom calculations using Beanshell codeCalculations can be manually initiated, scheduled, or event driven when
specific data is updatedThere is no limit on the number of calculations or with the complexity of
equationsCustom Beanshell code can be stored in PCI GenBase and easily migrated to
future releases
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Support FullData Auditing
PCI EA fully supports data auditing. All meter data revisions are tracked by date (when data was created or modified), user who modified data, and user who approved data.
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Reporting Capability Provide Standard hourly, daily, monthly
reports Create customized reports Create customized datasets for export to
other systems. Provide a comprehensive API to import
and export data Provide a report wizard to enable quick
ad-hoc data reporting Provide an optional reporting multi-
dimensional data warehouse to store large volume of EA Data and speed up data reporting
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Benefits of Deploying PCIEnergy Accounting Solution
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Provide a powerful solution to validate meter data and interchange schedules
Use PCI service-oriented architecture Provide configurable reports Support data exchanges with other
systems using CSV, XML, or Web Services
Provide optional reporting data warehouse and support commercial Business-Intelligence Tools (SSRS, Qlikview, Cognos, etc)
Fully deployed in production mode Can be deployed on in-house or PCI
hosted servers
Potential Benefits for Implementing PCI
Energy Accounting = 2-5 M$/year
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PCI Energy Accounting Solution
PCI Energy Accounting system can be deployed as an “out-of-the box” solution with specific customizations to meet business needs
For most projects, 90 % of the deployment is out of the box and 10 % requires custom modifications
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PCI Reporting Data Warehouse(Optional Module)
PCI provides an optional Reporting Data Warehouse to Store Large Volume of EA Data and speed up data reporting:
– Multi-Dimensional Data Model using Star – Snowflake Schema
– Provide ETL code to move data from relational database to data warehouse
– Optimized for Long-Term Storage
– Support metadata to store Data Quality
– Data Stored in GMT
– Support commercial Business-Intelligence Tools (SSRS, Qlikview, Cognos, etc)
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Key Benefits for PCI Energy Accounting System
Provide a highly configurable system to validate meter data and interchange schedules
Make meter validation process much faster, easier, and intuitive
Provide the capability to easily configure and update equations to perform calculations
Can be used to review and modify meter data in various granularities (Hourly, 5-mn)
Support multiple non-time-overlapping meter configurations
Identify hidden problems with some meter data sources
Monitor troublesome meters and determine maintenance requirements
Provide tree-like representation to show calculations interdependencies, which allows for easy verification and corrections
Provide good tools to easily build custom reports
Potential Benefits for Implementing PCI
Energy Accounting = 2-5 M$/year
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Next Steps?
Arrange WebEx or on-site demo of PCI Energy Accounting for your team
Provide Budgetary Quote
Attend EUCI Conference on:– Maximizing Profits for your
Assets in ERCOT Market, October 2014, San Antonio, TX
– Using Settlement Results to Provide Feedback on Effectiveness of Bidding Strategies in PJM, November 2014, Baltimore, MD
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For More Information
Bid-To-Bill Automation– Forecast LMPs– Automate XML Communications– Create Unit & Demand Bids– Evaluate Bidding Strategies– Perform Shadow Settlement
Deal Management– Capture Bilateral Deals– Perform Deal Settlement– Submit NERC Tags
Operations & Trading– Optimal unit commitment and
economic dispatch– Fuel & Emissions Forecasting
Transmission Scheduling– Energy Accounting– ETag Schedules– OASIS Reservations
BI & Data Warehouse– P&L Analyzer– Settlement Analyzer
PCI GENERATION SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM™
Khai Le(919) 730-9899
Stuart Wright(303) 917-3565
Andres Barbaro(405) 694-3438
Lei Tian(405) 694-3300